On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 10:30:37AM -0400, Leo Bicknell wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:02:03PM +0100, Rasputin wrote:
> > Is there any difference between Gold and Silver cards from
> > a compatibility standpoint (with the usual Apple Airport cards)?
>
> With WEP encryption turned off they both work together fine. I've
> seen many used in mixed enviornments. With WEP turned on, they
> are completely incomptable. The silver cards do a 40 bit encryption,
> and the gold cards do a 128 bit encryption, and it seems the gold
> cards can't be stepped back to 40 bit.
Unless Apple is mangling the firmware or someone screwed up the driver,
this is false. Gold Lucent cards are capable of 40-bit crypto.
-- Brooks
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